Volume 21 Issue 9
Supernatural Sacrifice: South Africa Wages War on the Devil
If you pick up the tabloids of South Africa, talk to the locals, or ask the police, they’ll all tell you: Satanic crime is a growing problem.
Victims of the Chicago PD's Torture Campaign Want Justice
Starting in 1971, more than 100 people, mostly black men, were forced to confess to serious crimes at police headquarters on Chicago’s South Side.
Postmortem: The Life and Deaths of a Medicolegal Death Investigator
I participated in 7,000 forensic autopsies during my 30-year career.
The Joker Broker: Doing Business with the World’s Foremost Vendor of Nonexistent Oil
Francisco Javier González Álvarez made millions of dollars in exchange for nothing.
Who Is the West Mesa Bone Collector?
In 2009, 11 corpses were found buried in shallow graves in the desert above Albuquerque. Five years later, and the police still have no suspects.
The Hows and Whys of Prison Escapes
Famed crime writer Donald E. Westlake on history's most famous jailbreaks.
Most Likely to Murder Six People and Claim a Demon Dog Made You Do It, Class of 1968
From the True Crime issue.
Employees of the Month
Andre Dubus III is the author of six books, including the New York Times best sellers House of Sand and Fog and The Garden of Last Days.
Living with Fear
Famed crime writer Roberto Saviano spent 8 years under police protection because of his book, Gomorrah.